slip

See also Slip

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: slĭp, IPA: /slɪp/, X-SAMPA: /slIp/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

Old English slype, of uncertain origin.

Noun

slip (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Mud, slime.
2. (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

Translations

ceramics: thin, slippery mix of clay and water

• Finnish: saviliete (fi)

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle Dutch slippe or Middle Low German slippe. Compare Dutch slip, German Schlippe.

Noun

slip (plural slips)

1. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
2. (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
3. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).

   She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.

4. A long, thin piece of something.
5. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.

Translations

small piece of paper

• Dutch: ondergoed n, stukje papier n, reep (nl) m
• Finnish: lappunen (fi), lipuke (fi), liuska (fi)
• French: fiche (fr) f

• German: Stück Papier
• Russian: листок (ru) (listók) m
• Telugu: చీటీ (cheeTee)

Derived terms

• pink slip
• sales slip

Etymology 3

Apparently from Middle Low German slippen (Dutch slippen, German schlippen).

Verb

slip (third-person singular simple present slips, present participle slipping, simple past and past participle slipped)

1. To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
   • 2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, the Guardian:

     Fernando Amorebieta seemed to have checked him, but a stepover created a fraction of room that became significant as the defender slipped, giving Falcao just enough space to curl a superb finish into the top corner.

2. To err.
3. To pass (a note, money, etc.) often covertly
4. To move quickly and often secretively
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     We slipped along the hedges, noiseless and swift...

5. To worsen.

   Profits have slipped over the past 6 months.

6. (figuratively) To move down; to slide.
   • 2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, BBC:

     The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat by fellow basement battlers West Ham on Boxing Day.

7. (falconry) To release a bird of prey to go after a quarry.
8. (cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.

Translations

to lose one's traction

• Aromanian: alunic (rup)
• Asturian: esnidiar (ast), esñidiar (ast)
• Czech: uklouznout (cs)
• Dutch: slippen (nl), uitglijden (nl), falen (nl)
• Finnish: liukastua (fi)
• French: glisser (fr)
• German: ausrutschen (de)
• Greek: γλιστρώ (el) (glistró)
• Jèrriais: drisser

• Norwegian: skli (no), gli (no)
• Portuguese: derrapar (pt), deslizar (pt)
• Romanian: aluneca (ro)
• Russian: поскальзываться (ru) (poskál'zyvat'sja) impf., поскользнуться (ru) (poskol'znút'sja) pf. (more common)
• Sindhi: تِرڪَڻُ
• Spanish: deslizar (es), resbalar (es)
• Swedish: halka (sv)
• Telugu: జారు (jaaru)
• ǃXóõ: ǂqába kâ

to err

• Dutch: falen (nl)
• Finnish: lipsahtaa (fi), lipsua (fi), langeta (fi)
• German: irren (de), sich irren (de), Fehler machen (de)
• Greek: κάνω σφάλμα

• Russian: ошибаться (ru) (ošibát'sja) impf., ошибиться (ru) (ošibít'sja) pf.
• Spanish: tropezar (es)
• Telugu: పొరబడు (porabaDu)

to pass

• Finnish: sujauttaa (fi)

• German: reichen (de)

to move quickly

• Finnish: livahtaa (fi)

to worsen

• Czech: zhoršit (cs)

• Finnish: lipsua (fi)

Noun

slip (plural slips)

1. An act or instance of slipping.
2. A women's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress; a shift.
3. A mistake or error (slip of the tongue.)
4. (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
5. (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
6. (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
7. (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
8. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.

Synonyms

• (a mistake): blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, stumble, thinko
• (return to previous behaviour): lapse

Translations

act of slipping

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑 (cmn) (huá)

• Czech: prokluz (cs) m
• Dutch: slip (nl) m
• Finnish: liukastuminen (fi), luiskahdus (fi)

• French: glissade (fr) f
• Greek: ολίσθηση (el) (olísthisi), γλίστρημα (el) (glístrima)
• Russian: скольжение (ru) (skolʹžénije) n
• Spanish: resbalón (es)

women’s undergarment

• Dutch: slip (nl) f
• Finnish: alushame (fi)
• German: Unterkleid (de) n
• Greek: μεσοφόρι (el) (mesofóri)
• Irish: fo-ghúna (ga) m

• Italian: sottoveste (it) f
• Manx: fo-ghooyn (gv) m
• Russian: комбинация (ru) (kombinácija) f, комбинашка (ru) (kombináška) f
• Spanish: combinación (es) f

error

• Finnish: lipsahdus (fi)
• German: Ausrutscher (de)
• Hungarian: elszólás (hu), nyelvbotlás (hu)
• Italian: sbaglio (it) m, errore (it) m, svista (it) f

• Russian: ошибка (ru) (ošíbka) f, (speech or writing) обмолвка (ru) (obmólvka) f
• Spanish: falta (es) f, error (es) m, equivocación (es) f, desliz (es) m, descuido (es) m,

nautical: space for a ship to moor — see berth

nautical: difference between theoretical and actual advance of a vessel

• Finnish: jättämä (fi)

medicine: return to previous behaviour

• Czech: relaps (cs)
• Dutch: herval (nl) n

• Finnish: lipsahdus (fi)

Derived terms

• (undergarment): full slip, waist slip

Related terms

Freudian slip let something slip nonslip slippage slippery slipshod slip of the tongue slip one's mind

slip through one's fingers slip away slip down slip into slip road slip out slip up slip-up there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

Anagrams

• lips, LISP, Lisp, lisp

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Dutch

Noun

slip f (plural slips, diminutive slipje)

1. briefs, scanty type of undershorts which covers the buttocks but nothing below
2. (by extension, for women) knickers, any female underpants
3. tail, part of an upper garment hanging below the waist

Noun

slip m (uncountable)

1. skid, an act or instance of slipping.

Verb

slip

1. first-person singular present indicative of slippen
2. imperative of slippen

Anagrams

• pils

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French

Etymology

From English to slip.

Pronunciation

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Noun

slip m (plural slips)

1. briefs (men's or women's underwear)

Anagrams

• plis

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Italian

Noun

slip m (invariable)

1. Men's or women's underwear (knickers, panties)
2. swimming trunks

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian, standard): slijȇp

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *slěpъ.

Adjective

slip (Cyrillic spelling слип)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) blind
   • 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original):

     Slipi jeste [ludujući],

     vaše boge verujući

     kî nigdare vas ne sliše

     ni vas koga [kad] utiše.

   • late 15th century or early 16th century, Šiško Menčetić, Ako ćeš, Stijepo moj, za mene što stvorit:

     Ter je prem sasma slip tko ne zri sunačce

   • 1546, Petar Zoranić, Planine:

     To j' uzrok da travi tako slip bog ljubven,

     a ne kako pravi tkogod nenaučen.

   • 1559, Marin Držić, Hekuba:

     Ma ovo nadvor gre u srdžbi i u gnijevu vas,

     krv s oči slipih tre, s oružjem gre put nas;

   • 1630s, Ivan Gundulić, Osman:

     I gdi unutri o mrak slipi

     Nepoznat se junak hvata

   • 1759, Antun Kanižlić

     Zato slipi, koji srići tamjan nose

     i u tugah svojih pomoć od nje prose;

     slipi, koji scine, da je ona kuća,

     gdi ona prosine, svitla i moguća,

     i da dili blago slipa vila svima,

     i kad joj je drago, opet uzme njima.

   • 1762, Matija Antun Relković, Satir iliti divji čovik:

     Zar ste slipi, tere ne vidite?

Etymology 2

Neologism, from English slip (of paper).

Noun

slip m (Cyrillic spelling слип)

1. Credit or debit card receipt

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Spanish

Noun

slip m (plural slip)

1. briefs, pants, men's underwear
2. knickers, panties (less usual meaning)

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English sleep.

Verb

slip

1. sleep
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:21 (translation here):

     Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.

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